Book – Oh My Gods Author –Tera Lynn Childs Genre – Young Adult Protagonist –Phoebe Summary- If Phoebe Castro can keep her grades up and have another stellar cross-country season, her dream of attending USC with her best friends is only a track scholarship away. She’s made all her plans, so it’s a complete shock [...]
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Quick Review -Oliver’s Story
Posted: November 16, 2009 in Quick ReviewsTags: Erich Segal, Review, Romance, Sequel
Book : Oliver’s Story by Erich Segal Category : Romance ( Not exactly) Protagonist: Oliver Barrett IV Summary of the book : from the dust jacket of the book Oliver Barrett IV found the love of his life in Jenny Cavilleri. And though the time they spent together was brief, it was enough to last [...]
Quick Review -Girl With A Pearl Earring
Posted: November 9, 2009 in Quick ReviewsTags: Art History, Centuries Challenge 2009, Historical Fiction, Review, Tracy Chevalier
Book: Girl With A Pearl Earring by Tracy Chevalier Category : Historical Fiction Protagonist: Griet and Vermeer Summary of the book : from author’s website One of the best-loved paintings in the world is a mystery. Who is the model and why has she been painted? What is she thinking as she stares out at [...]
Iliad by Homer
Posted: November 8, 2009 in Quick ReviewsTags: Centuries Challenge 2009, Classics, Classics Challenge, Homer, Review
Book : Iliad ( Penguin Classic Deluxe Edition) by Homer ( Translation by Robert Fagles and Bernard Knox) Category : Classics Protagonist: Too many to list Summary of the book :from the publisher’s website ( Don’t even ask me to summarize. It took me days to read this one .If not for this beautiful translation [...]
Quick Review – Just Listen
Posted: November 7, 2009 in Quick ReviewsTags: Review, Sarah Dessen, Sarah Dessen Mini Challenge, Young Adult
Book: Just Listen by Sarah Dessen Category : Young Adult Protagonists : Annabel Summary of the book from Goodreads Last year, Annabel was “the girl who has everything; at least that’s the part she played in the television commercial for Kopf ‘s Department Store. This year, she’s the girl who has nothing: no best friend [...]

